Roman
Catholic Diocese of Charlotte
Year of the
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Eucharist
Mystery ofthe Mass, Part 16; Pope John Paul II
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Established Jan. 12, 1972 by Pope Paul VI
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SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
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FIGHTING FOR LIFE
Swearing to defend the pope
Aborted, but still
alive
POPE CALLS SWISS GUARD 'SMALL ARMY WITH GREAT
WOMAN SAYS 'POWER
IDEALS'
OF CHRIST' IS REASON SHE SURVIVED MOTHER'S ABORTION
by
VATICAN CITY
MONTE MACE
by
may be one of
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
LAWRENCE,
—
Kan.
—
It
the world's
smallest armies, but the tiny 1 10 men who protect
"I
corps of
was aborted and did not die." That statement might sound
the successor of Peter
is
big in
Pope Benedict XVI. "This spirit of the Swiss Guards is nourished by the glospirit,
like a headline from a supermarket tabloid. But in the case of Gianna Jessen, 28, of Nashville,
Term.,
CAROL GLATZ
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
said
rious tradition of almost five centuries of a small army with
it's true.
great ideals," the
pope said
Jessen told 500 students at the University of Kansas that
6 in his address to new recruits, their family members
her mother was seven-and-aialf-months pregnant when he went to a Los Angeles
and
May
clinic for an abortion in \977.
But the into
to
fore they took their oath as the Swiss Guard
saline solution injected
her mother's
abort the fetus
accomplish
"By
womb
somehow
friends.
The 31 new recruits met with the pope several hours be-
members of
to
in a colorful swearing-in cer-
emony
failed
in the courtyard
deadly task. the sheer power of
of the
its
See SWISS, page 5
Jesus Christ," she said, "I did not die that day."
"The medical records
state
CNS
—
A Swiss Guard
recruit holds the flag of the Guard and raises three fingers as he takes his oath during a swearing-in ceremony May 6 at the Vatican.
consists of 110 young Catholic male volunteers
See ABORTION, page 9
own
who swear
photo by Nancy Wiechec
a symbol of the Trinity
Founded
in
—
FLUKE OR INTERCESSION?
1506, the corps
to protect the pope, even at the cost of their
lives.
Some call firefighter's words,
CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
afteryearsof
Base everything in the
silence, miraculous
Eucharist, priest says by
KAREN
A.
EVANS
STAFF WRITER
CHARLOTTE
—
Year of the Eucharist,
In this
especially important to celebrate the sacrament central to the
Photo
^doration of the Blessed Sacrament celebrate the Year of the Eucharist.
illustration by
Karen A. Evans
of several
ways to
one
at
May
Myers 2.
"The Holy Father asked us to dedicate
Roger Arasparger.
focus on Eucharist, which is the source and summit of the
of
St.
Barnabas Church
Arden, spoke about the
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cance of celebrating the Year of the Eucharist to members of the Charlotte Catholic
Parishioners praise,
crown
Mary during annual event
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CAROL ZIMMERMANN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON — Many of those close to Donald Herbert, the Buffalo, N.Y., firefighter who suffers from brain damage, had expected that he would remain in the condition he has been in for the past 10 years, unable to see or
communicate. So when he spoke for several hours in late April,
See EUCHARIST, page 6
Our Schools
See MIRACLE, page 17
Perspectives
Diabetes walk; scholarship winner;
Bishop Jugis on giving thanks;
history-making social studies project
abortion studies, harmful effects
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